To heck with crust anxiety: Try an apple tart

As satisfying as it is to eat freshly picked apples straight up and unadorned, the chill of fall makes it equally tempting to head back to the kitchen and bake them into a pie.

But that’s where most people get tripped up. They fear a fussy pie crust. They loathe a long baking time or a persnickety filling. So we decided to come up with an easy apple tart that uses a fuss-free crust and comes together in under an hour. Even better — because the filling is only gently cooked on the stove top, the apples retain more of their crisp, fresh, just-picked flavor.